moving house...heavy stuff...gravel drive...hmmm
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So...moving house in 3 weeks time. Going to use a company to move the house contents, but for logistical reasons I'm thinknig of moving my garage/worshop myself...7.5 toner with 1 ton tail lift is reserved...
Problem is the contents of the workshop have to go from the lorry to the Garage which is along about 70 foot of gravel drive and deep gravel too! And the drive isn't wide enough for a 7.5 tone truck to drive up to the doors.
Got a lathe (about 6-700kg)...small mill (200kg)....SOLID 10ft wooden work bench etc and 100's of kg of tools to move.
A luton van *may* fit down the drive, but the tail lift isn't man enough to lift the lathe...everything else should be fine
Most if not all will be on caster/skate boards (rated at 400kg). The lathe mill etc will bolt to the boards effectivly putting them on 3" casters.
Thinking the only option is to board out the gravel drive with 18mm ply which is gonna cost a small fortune (might as well just give the headache to a removal firm) or some form of metal channel for th casters to run in would be perfect...just needs to be cost effective...
Any thoughts, great PH gurus???
Problem is the contents of the workshop have to go from the lorry to the Garage which is along about 70 foot of gravel drive and deep gravel too! And the drive isn't wide enough for a 7.5 tone truck to drive up to the doors.
Got a lathe (about 6-700kg)...small mill (200kg)....SOLID 10ft wooden work bench etc and 100's of kg of tools to move.
A luton van *may* fit down the drive, but the tail lift isn't man enough to lift the lathe...everything else should be fine
Most if not all will be on caster/skate boards (rated at 400kg). The lathe mill etc will bolt to the boards effectivly putting them on 3" casters.
Thinking the only option is to board out the gravel drive with 18mm ply which is gonna cost a small fortune (might as well just give the headache to a removal firm) or some form of metal channel for th casters to run in would be perfect...just needs to be cost effective...
Any thoughts, great PH gurus???
Blimey...PH masses to the rescue!!
The lateh came into my house on my FIL's friend's trailor and a 'passing' skip lorry for £20 hitched it off for me onto a pallet truck (very doggy that was!). (Father in Law is no longer with us sadly so that option is out!) My house is fully block paved so to get it in the workshop was not too hard and to get it out is not an issue, it's getting it 'in or on' something...
Rolling it on metal tubes/bars IS a good idea - that's how I move it round the workshop to position it...just not so good for long distances or rough ground.
Don't live rural so don't have easy access to Farm equipment sadly. (beer money to friendly skip man is closest I get!)
Forklift / telehandler (just googled it!) would be ideal, just not easy to come by, I guess...
The sheeting idea was where I was headed, but not sure OSB would be strong enough for some of the weight...it's pretty rubbish for point loads especially if it gets damp/wet. I was also hoping not to have to keep moving the sheets to 'rebuild my road ahead of me'...
got a removal firm quoting thursday so see how much they quote...if it's not horrific, might just let them do it....
The lateh came into my house on my FIL's friend's trailor and a 'passing' skip lorry for £20 hitched it off for me onto a pallet truck (very doggy that was!). (Father in Law is no longer with us sadly so that option is out!) My house is fully block paved so to get it in the workshop was not too hard and to get it out is not an issue, it's getting it 'in or on' something...
Rolling it on metal tubes/bars IS a good idea - that's how I move it round the workshop to position it...just not so good for long distances or rough ground.
Don't live rural so don't have easy access to Farm equipment sadly. (beer money to friendly skip man is closest I get!)
Forklift / telehandler (just googled it!) would be ideal, just not easy to come by, I guess...
The sheeting idea was where I was headed, but not sure OSB would be strong enough for some of the weight...it's pretty rubbish for point loads especially if it gets damp/wet. I was also hoping not to have to keep moving the sheets to 'rebuild my road ahead of me'...
got a removal firm quoting thursday so see how much they quote...if it's not horrific, might just let them do it....
yeah...gravel drive is at new house...not the old one.
like the idea of the forklift...if the removal quote comes in more than 300quid, i'll look into it!
Also moving the gravel aside might not be such a stupid idea...it feels deep underfoot, but not actually raked any back to see exactly how deep or what's underneath.
like the idea of the forklift...if the removal quote comes in more than 300quid, i'll look into it!
Also moving the gravel aside might not be such a stupid idea...it feels deep underfoot, but not actually raked any back to see exactly how deep or what's underneath.
Well, had my quotes in...first was 2,300 and second was 1,400....first included a specialist to move the heavy stuff (900) and they move the workshop AND add the cost of them hiring a 7.5tonner...
I now have two 7.5 ton lorries with tail lifts reserved, one for house and one for workshop...brother in lao family students as muscle. Other brother in law is supplying ply to act as a smooth 'road' for the stuff on skates. Should save about 900quid in all!
Really pees me off that I've (well, Mrs Virgil) has packed pretty much everything into boxes, we have comparatively little furniture (what we have is mainly built in, so staying) the workshop 'is on wheels' and also pretty much boxed and ready to go and I still get loony quotes.
Mate of mine who is a removal guy thinks well be fine (sham he's on holiday or he'd be here to help!)
Quite fancy being a truck driver for the day too :-D
Wish me luck :-)
I now have two 7.5 ton lorries with tail lifts reserved, one for house and one for workshop...brother in lao family students as muscle. Other brother in law is supplying ply to act as a smooth 'road' for the stuff on skates. Should save about 900quid in all!
Really pees me off that I've (well, Mrs Virgil) has packed pretty much everything into boxes, we have comparatively little furniture (what we have is mainly built in, so staying) the workshop 'is on wheels' and also pretty much boxed and ready to go and I still get loony quotes.
Mate of mine who is a removal guy thinks well be fine (sham he's on holiday or he'd be here to help!)
Quite fancy being a truck driver for the day too :-D
Wish me luck :-)
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